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"I don't miss playings," says the retired Yankee, as the press-shy captain leads website The Players' Tribune, where DeAndre Jordan and Tiger Woods break news (sorry, ESPN) and backers are betting on a media home run

The eye-popping, candy-colored series won 22 Emmy Awards and starred a bow-tied Paul Reubens in his childlike Pee-wee Herman persona fooling around in a fantastical playhouse filled with toys, gadgets and talking furniture.

"We could not be more excited to collaborate with Paul Reubens on this fantastic venture," Shout! founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos said in a statement. "We are thrilled that this extensive restoration project is underway and look forward to presenting the series for the first time in incredible high-definition."

Reubens added in the statement that "the restoration has made Pee-wee’s Playhouse look astonishing."

Shout! timed its announcement to Comic-Con. Those attending the convention Thursday could get a glimpse of the Playhouse restoration process during a "Digital Bits Presents Blu-ray Producers Panel 2013" at 4 p.m. in Room 5AB of the San Diego Convention Center.